An unauthorized party gained access to an employee's email account of Prothena Corporation, PLC and compromised certain sensitive consumer information.
The compromised information included the names, addresses, and Social Security or tax identification numbers.
The company company secured the affected email account, investigated the incident and notified the impacted individuals.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/prothena-corporation-plc-confirms-6912228/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/prothena_biosciences_inc
"id": "pro23508622",
"linkid": "prothena_biosciences_inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Prothena Corporation, PLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security or '
'Tax Identification '
'Numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information']},
'description': "An unauthorized party gained access to an employee's email "
'account of Prothena Corporation, PLC and compromised certain '
'sensitive consumer information. The compromised information '
'included the names, addresses, and Social Security or tax '
'identification numbers. The company secured the affected '
'email account, investigated the incident and notified the '
'impacted individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security or Tax Identification '
'Numbers'],
'systems_affected': ['Employee Email Account']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified the impacted individuals'],
'containment_measures': ['Secured the affected email account']},
'title': 'Unauthorized Email Account Access at Prothena Corporation, PLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak or Compromised Credentials'}